Monument record MDO2959 - Bowl barrow, Whitcombe

Four barrows, including an oval barrow, in NW-SE line across S-facing slope of low ridge running N.N.E. below the Ridgeway. All have been heavily ploughed. 'B'. Ditched bowl (70748620) 70 yds, SE of 'A'. Diameter 54ft, ploughed almost flat. <3>

The four barrows are situated in arable fields as follows: 'B' - SY 70748621. Diameter 15.0m. Height 0.3m. None of the four barrows shows any visible evidence of a ditch. 1:2500 Published surveys of 'A', 'C' and 'D' revised. 'B' surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. <4>

Site of a Bronze Age bowl barrow visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. It is part of a wider linear barrow cemetery (MDO2958-61). <7-9>

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 143 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 459 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 06-NOV-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Papworth, M, 1983, The South Dorset Ridgeway Project: condition and management survey, SDR 560 (Index). SDO12304.

Diameter 15.0m, ht. 0.3m. Ploughed down in ley pasture. 7/5/D

<6> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South Dorset Ridgeway Barrow Survey 2010 (Unpublished document). SDO12407.

<7> 27-AUG-1998, NMR SY 7086/16-17 (18144/01-02) (Aerial Photograph). SDO10830.

<8> 27-AUG-1998, NMR SY 7086/18-19 (18150/05-06) (Aerial Photograph). SDO10829.

<9> 11-JUN-1978, NMR OS/78080 087-89 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10828.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453953 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 26 2024 3:00PM